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December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#BOTD in #MedievalChina: #Tang #唐 Emperor Li Heng 李亨 (Suzong 肅宗, 711–762; r. 756–762), who ascended the throne in the midst of the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂 while his father Li Longji 李隆基/Xuanzong 玄宗 was still alive, forcing the latter to retire. Both died in 762.
October 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#DOTD in #MedievalChina: #Tang #唐 Emperor Li Heng 李亨 (Suzong 肅宗, 711–762; r. 756–762), who ascended the throne in the midst of the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂 while his father Li Longji 李隆基/Xuanzong 玄宗 was still alive, forcing the latter to retire. Both died in 762.
May 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
#DOTD in #ChineseHistory: Li Longji 李隆基 (685–762), aka Xuanzong 玄宗 (r. 712–56) or Illustrious Emperor 明皇 of #Tang #唐. His reign is marked by a flourishing of #poetry & #religion but also #imperialoverstretch. It ended tragically in the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂 #長恨歌
May 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#OTD in #ChineseHistory: An Lushan #安祿山 (703–757) killed by one of his eunuchs and his son. A military commissioner #節度使 of Turko-Sogdian descent in service of the Tang #唐, An rebelled in 755 thus starting the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂, founding his own Yan #燕 dynasty.
January 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#BOTD: #MedievalChina: #Tang #唐 Emperor Li Heng 李亨 (Suzong 肅宗, 711–762; r. 756–762), who ascended the throne in the midst of the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂 while his father Li Longji 李隆基/Xuanzong 玄宗 was still alive, forcing the latter to retire. Both died in 762.
October 19, 2024 at 9:32 AM
#DOTD in #MedievalChina: #Tang #唐 Emperor Li Heng 李亨 (Suzong 肅宗, 711–762; r. 756–762), who ascended the throne in the midst of the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂 while his father Li Longji 李隆基/Xuanzong 玄宗 was still alive, forcing the latter to retire. Both died in 762.
May 16, 2024 at 6:55 AM
#DOTD in #ChineseHistory: Li Longji 李隆基 (685–762), aka Xuanzong 玄宗 (r. 712–56) or Illustrious Emperor 明皇 of #Tang #唐. His reign is marked by a flourishing of #poetry & #religion but also #imperialoverstretch. It ended tragically in the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂 #長恨歌
May 3, 2024 at 7:26 AM
#OTD in #ChineseHistory: An Lushan #安祿山 (703–757) killed by one of his eunuchs and his son. A military commissioner #節度使 of Turko-Sogdian descent in service of the Tang #唐, An rebelled in 755 thus starting the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂, founding his own Yan #燕 dynasty.
January 30, 2024 at 6:57 AM